I think the idea there is that rather than writing, say f(f(f(f(f(f()))))) you can just write f 6 () - and that notation then extends to f -1 () being the inverse of f() Doesn't that imply that cos²t should mean cos(cos t)? It absolutely should! Trying to explain to students why sin -1 (x) =/= csc(...

I thought I could tell whether an era is real or not, but this comic proved me wrong. The "Upper Pomeranian" era sounds legit to me.. The fun part of this is that there is a (linguistic) connection. The names in the comic (and most of the comments) are derived from place names. Dalmatia i...

You float endlessly through the nothing of the destroyed spacetime continuum. You think of the world you left behind, and are filled will regret. The things you will never see, touch or hear because you destroyed it all, you destroyed it for even the slightest chance of any other life. You have beco...

Girls who are boys who do boys like they're girls... Why Jupiter specifically? Because it's bigger and therefore better. Jupiter was my favourite planet when I decided I was going to go there, back in the day. I planned to go right after I'd collected all the power rangers to help out. Of course for...